In Byron Rushing, Boston has a steward for its Black history
Byron Rushing is known throughout Boston as a steward of the city’s Black history. But his work began in activism.
Embrace Boston celebrates 1st anniversary of unveiling with 1,200 attendees (in sneakers)
A celebration of creativity and culture, the Embrace Friends and Family Sneaker Affair encouraged attendees to wear their flyest formal attire — tuxedos, gowns and sparkles — …
‘More than a monument’: Embrace Boston becomes nonprofit
The Embrace turned one year old this weekend, but the unveiling of the monument in Boston Common honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was only the beginning for Embrace Boston.
‘A Tribute to the Dream’: Northeastern celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through community conversation
On the afternoon of Jan. 11, the Northeastern community gathered to reflect and celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. during the university’s annual commemoration of King with an event titled “A Tribute to the Dream.”
‘The Embrace’ celebrates love and legacy of MLK and Coretta Scott King
“The Embrace,” a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott King was erected on the Boston Common last year. We revisit Robin Young’s conversation with the designer Hank Willis Thomas at the site from January 2023.
Boston honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
BOSTON — All across the country, people are remembering the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the civil rights movement.
Gaskin: What I see when I look at ‘The Embrace’ statue
People refer to the 29 months in the 1990s when we went without a youth homicide in the city as the “Boston Miracle.” Rev. Ray Hammond said, “The miracle wasn’t that we reduced gang violence, but that we got all the groups…
Inside the Embrace Gala, a Black-Tie-And-Sneakers Soiree
Like the sculpture whose unveiling it was held to celebrate, the Embrace Gala was a grace note for Boston—a giant group hug across all walks of life.
After ‘The Embrace,’ Boston to see two more memorials to MLK and Coretta Scott King
The high-profile unveiling of “The Embrace” in January was heralded as the city’s official tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, and their connection to Boston.
But it won’t be the last.